Dear Sarah Royston Graybeal,
I am pleased to inform you that your application to graduate has been approved for a MS in Aeronautics and Astronautics. You have satisfied all University and departmental requirements for this degree.
i woke up this morning to the above email. woohoo! what a nice thing to wake up to…confirmation that i will be graduating as scheduled on sunday. reassurance that i didn’t waste my money on that cap and gown. 😉
mom got here right on time yesterday, and we drove into the city for the afternoon. we parked the car at market and powell and hopped on the cable car to fisherman’s wharf. i can’t believe i waited nine months–until i was about to leave the bay area–to ride on a cable car. the thing was completely touristy, of course, but also so much fun. we wandered around fisherman’s wharf and ghirardelli square for the afternoon, then caught the cable car back to market and powell, where we walked around the union square area and looked at all the expensive stores. we came back to palo alto later and went to target to get an air mattress for me to sleep on last night, since i gave mom my bed.
ok, so we bought a cheap air mattress, and then bought a pump to inflate it with. the box for the pump said “plugs into car’s cigarette lighter,” which we thought was a cool additional feature. we didn’t realize until we got home and opened the box that it only plugs into a car cigarette lighter. we had to drag the air mattress out to my car in order to inflate the stupid thing, and not only was the air pump not very powerful, it was also very loud. mom and i couldn’t stop laughing at the absurdity of it all. needless to say, we will be exchanging it for a better and wall-outlet compatible pump today.
james thinks the counting crows song “have you seen me lately” is bittersweet, while carter thinks it is just bitter. my opinion has always been that the song is a combination of hurt and sad. though i think it sort of depends on which version you listen to. the electric, fast version sounds angry to me; it’s the acoustic, slower version (which i usually prefer) that sounds hurt and sad…but also somehow calming. there was a period in my life when i had been powerfully hurt, and i listened to that song constantly because it made me feel better. for what it’s worth.
anyway.
today is a day of errands. already this morning i have called the phone company and electric company in houston and set up accounts. the movers called me, so i didn’t have to call them, which was nice. now i have to call nasa, and the dod. mom is currently over doing my laundry while i showered and finish making these calls. 😉 what a nice mom.
